Track: Disconnected Pt. 2 | Album: Shining Hours | Artist: Egadz Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The wonderful Kentucky Route Zero is now three episodes in. If you’re playing it, or have played it, and want to roll up your sleeves and get right into its many cinematicinspirations, check this out

Nintendo’s Dead Online Services Live! (For Now)

While Nintendo has officially killed off online functionality for the DS and Wii, the internet being the internet, people have found a way to keep it alive. Sort of. For now. Private servers and custom code are keeping DLC downloads and some multiplayer services alive, though it’s important to note that’s for a limited range…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Nintendo

I knew that Robin Williams named his daughter for The Legend of Zelda, but I did not know that Mario has a 27-foot vertical. Live and learn, I guess. The latest gaming video from BuzzFeedPop lists a number of enjoyable facts about Nintendo games and consoles. (It’s possible there are more than ten, I wasn’t…

Track: 2 On [NSFW] | Album: Aquarius | Artist: Tinashe Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

​Real Talk On Video Game Violence From A Puppet

Sometimes wisdom comes from unexpected places. In this case, from a puppet controlled by an introspective game developer. In this video, Drakengard 3 director Taro Yoko speaks through a puppet and offers an unusually candid and almost wistful look at video game violence and his own place in the game industry. He laments that so…

The Science Behind Game of Thrones

Let’s forget that many of the mysteries in Westeros can most easily be explained by the word “magic.” What are some of the scientific reasons behind some of the stuff we see in Game of Thrones? It’s Okay To Be Smart delves into all sorts of subjects in this video, from why Game of Throne’s…

Valve’s Big Dota 2 Tournament Will Hand Out Over $6 Million

The prize pool for Valve’s Dota 2 International has already exceeded $6 million—$6 million!—officially making it the largest tournament in gaming history. Well, really, it’s been the largest tournament in gaming history for a while now. Last year’s Dota 2 International was worth $2.8 million, which until now was the biggest prize pool ever doled…

​Memorization Is the Newest Competitive Extreme Sport

Always remember where you parked? Never forgot the name of that one guy from high school chemistry class, even though it’s 10 years later? Congratulations, you can now become an elite athlete. A memory athlete. Cash prizes are within your grasp. Where do memory athletes compete? In the Extreme Memory Tournament, a competition held for…

Here’s How Relationships Work When The Nazis Take Over The World

Redditor ne1butu found this sign in Wolfenstein: The New Order, that shows the lengthy process of finding a mate in the alternate world where the Nazis won WWII. via Reddit

Listen To All Of Transistor’s Incredible Soundtrack Right Here

Transistor came out today, and it’s pretty great. But you know what’s even better? An original soundtrack posted in full on YouTube, you say? My thoughts exactly! Thankfully, it seems like the good people over at Transistor developer Supergiant Games had the same idea, because that’s just what they did. You can listen to the…

Jean Grey Is The Best Thing Wrong With The Wolverine

The only film in the X-Men saga I didn’t see in theaters might not have been had I known about the heavy reliance of Jean Grey hallucinations. Let’s see what else The Wolverine messed up, courtesy of Cinema Sins. This 11 minute critique is the most of The Wolverine I’ve managed to watch without falling…